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A Quaint Little Spot in The Windy City
A Quaint Little Spot in The Windy CityBack in the year 1900, my two ancestors from Slovakia made the trek across the globe landing in the Windy City. I often wonder what life was like in Chicago those first few years after they arrived. They were 26 and 17, just 9 years apart, had married over in Velky Lipnik, and were sent over to the US before conceiving any children. I often wonder if they lived and loved before their first child was born a year and a half later. I hope they were passionate along the Magnificent Mile and spent some time enjoying the “American Dream” before coming to Cambridge, Ohio after their first three children were born.I don’t know anything about them really. I have a few pictures and I know my
